[applause] >> my name is joe biden. i am jill biden's husband. that is how i am down in washington. -- i am known in washington. folks, i'm sure as you observed last night, we had a little bit of a debate. [applause] with a gentleman, and he is a gentleman, a gentleman from wisconsin, congressman paul ryan. i hardly agree with anything he says, but i think he is a decent guy, and he has a beautiful family, and is a great husband and father for that, and great respect for him. [applause] you know, anybody who watched that debate, i do not think there is any doubt that the congressmen and die, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for america, and a fundamentally different values said. the fact is that the differences we have our profound. they are as profound than any differences in any presidential campaign that i have observed or been involved in. the truth is i think people were listening. if they were, they know what some of those differences are, and how they can fundamentally affect the direction of this